Aryamba Pattabhi


Aryamba Pattabhi is an Indian novelist and writer in Kannada language. She is the sister of Anasuya Shankar, popularly known as Triveni, and the niece of B. M. Srikantaiah, a famous Kannada poet, writer and translator. Her novels have been made into feature films, most prominently, Kappu-Bilipu, directed by Puttanna Kanagal and made into three south Indian languages Kannada, Telugu and Tamil, Eradu Mukha directed by M.R.Vittal and won the Karnataka State Award and best picture award from Madras Film Lovers Association, Savathiya Neralu directed by Y.R.Swamy and Marali Gudige directed by Shantharam and won the State Award. Her novel Parampare was selected and published by the Government of Karnataka in 1985.

Early life

Aryamba is the youngest daughter of Sri B.M Krishnaswamy and Smt Thangamma. Sri B.M Krishnaswamy was the younger brother of Sri B. M. Srikantaiah, the doyen of Kannada literature. Aryamba was born on March 12, 1936 in Mandya, in the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore of British India.
Aryamba comes from an illustrious family of established writers. Her uncle B. M. Srikantaiah was a renowned scholar and poet, whose translations are present in university texts all over the world. Her aunt Vani was a popular novelist. She has two sisters, Prabhavathi and Anasuya, who both went on to publish. She also has four brothers, Bellur K. Srikanta Swamy, Bellur K. Ramachandra, Bellur K. Devaraj and Bellur K. Ranganath.
Aryamba completed her Master of Arts in Sociology, from Mysore University.

Career

Over the course of several years, she has published 32 novels, 5 short story collections, 12 books for children, 5 biographies, 6 dramas, 3 essays, and 1 on sports literature. 2015
Aryamba conducted research for several of her biographies, including interviewing Mother Theresa when she had visited Mysore. Like her sister, she began to write fiction at a time when there were very few female writers in Kannada.
Her Eradu Mukha won Karnataka State Award and best picture award from Madras Film Lovers Association. Marali gudige won the State Award. Parampare novel was selected and published by Government of Karnataka. Bharathada Mahapurusharu was prescribed as the non detailed text book by Karnataka University, IInd PUC for 2 years. Some parts of the book were published in the text book of 10th standard - Karnataka and Kerala state schools. All six of her dramas have been broadcast from Mysuru and Bengaluru A.I.R, stations. She has presented at several literary state seminars throughout Mysore and Bangalore, presented her work on the All India Radio stations, won several awards and felicitations, had her work published in several daily, weekly and monthly Kannada magazines and papers, and is the founder of several organizations. She was the chief editor of "Mahila Sahithya Sameekshe" and "Sahithya Vimarshe".
Four novels have been made into films and several short stories have been translated into Marathi.

Novels

Aryamba married Rajendrapura Pattabhi Ramaiah in 1958. Her hobbies include tennis, table tennis, chess and collecting world stamps and coins.

Awards

State Awards

Felicitations